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This article covers breaking news and events in June 2001.
Daily events
Friday June 1, 2001
- Brussels / Belgium , Skopje / Macedonia : The interim trade agreement between the European Union and Macedonia comes into force. The entry into force of the Stabilization and Association Agreement , which has also been agreed, is not yet in sight.
- Kathmandu / Nepal : According to official information , a son of the reigning King of Nepal since 1972 murdered his father King Birendra and almost the entire ruling family.
Sunday 3rd June 2001
- New York / United States : At the 55th Tony Awards , Mary-Louise Parker and Richard Easton are each recognized for best performance in a leading role in a play .
Monday 4th June 2001
- Atlantic : The 2001 Atlantic hurricane season begins when the Allison low pressure area intensifies into a tropical cyclone after it emerged from a tropical wave in the northern Gulf of Mexico . Allison's route points towards the Texas city of Houston .
- Kathmandu / Nepal : Prince Gyanendra becomes the new king after a mass murderer three days ago almost wiped out the entire royal family, including King Birendra, who was reigning up to that moment . Gyanendra is his younger brother. After the coronation riots break out.
Thursday June 7, 2001
- London / United Kingdom : In the election for the lower house , the ruling loses the Labor Party (LP) of Prime Minister Tony Blair 2,5% share of votes compared to the last election . The Conservative Party with opposition leader William Hague gained 1.0%. The LP continues to hold an absolute majority in parliament.
Friday June 8, 2001
- Tehran / Iran : The as liberal force President Mohammad Khatami is with about 77% of the votes re-elected .
Saturday June 9, 2001
- Denver / United States : The Stanley Cup of the North American professional ice hockey league NHL goes to the Colorado Avalanche team this year . In the decisive seventh game of the final series , the hosts got the upper hand against defending champions New Jersey Devils 3-1.
Sunday June 10, 2001
- Basel / Switzerland : Servette FC from Geneva wins the final of the Swiss Cup in football 3-0 against Yverdon-Sport FC in the St. Jakob-Park stadium .
- Milan / Italy : The overall winner of the 84th edition of the wheel - stage race Giro d'Italia goes to the Italians Gilberto Simoni . It is his first overall victory on this tour and the 59th for an Italian.
Monday June 11, 2001
- Berlin / Germany : The CDU proposes that the Governing Mayor of Berlin no longer be elected by MPs, but directly by the people.
Wednesday June 13, 2001
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The 29th German Evangelical Church Congress under the motto "You put my feet in a wide space" begins.
- Stuttgart / Germany : The state parliament of Baden-Württemberg elects Erwin Teufel ( CDU ) as prime minister for the fourth time since January 1991 . The coalition government consisting of the CDU and FDP / DVP can continue.
Friday June 15, 2001
- Gothenburg / Sweden : The two-day meeting of the European Council of the European Union begins.
- Hauzenberg / Germany : The business administration student Matthias Vogl and the electrical engineering student Christian Wimmer start the social network “ Singletreffen.net ”.
Saturday June 16, 2001
- Berlin / Germany : The Governing Mayor Eberhard Diepgen ( CDU ) is removed from office by a vote of no confidence in the wake of the Berlin banking scandal . The House of Representatives elects the SPD politician Klaus Wowereit as his successor .
Sunday 17th June 2001
- Sofia / Bulgaria : In the parliamentary elections , the “Movement Simeon II” with top candidate Simeon Sakskoburggotski becomes the strongest force.
Wednesday June 20, 2001
- Islamabad / Pakistan : Pervez Musharraf becomes head of state and dissolves parliament.
Thursday June 21, 2001
- Southern Africa : During the total solar eclipse , the sun is covered by the moon for almost five minutes over the Atlantic near Angola . The umbra of the moon also hits Madagascar , Mozambique , Zambia and Zimbabwe .
Friday June 22, 2001
- Berlin / Germany : The Federal Government reaches an agreement with the Prime Ministers of the countries of the accession area from 1990 on the modalities of the Second Solidarity Pact .
- Berlin / Germany : The German Film Prize in Gold is awarded to Die Innere Sicherheit by director Christian Petzold .
- Italy : The police arrest the Volxtheaterkarawane .
- Kerala / India : The Mangalore Mail train from Mangalore to Chennai derails on the bridge over the Kadalundi River and falls into the water. 57 people die and at least 230 are injured.
Sunday June 24, 2001
- Tirana / Albania : Ilir Meta from the Socialist Party of Albania (SPA) is confirmed as head of government in the first round of parliamentary elections . Runoff elections are scheduled for July 8th in 45 constituencies where voters do not give any candidate an absolute majority. However, they will not change the SPA's election victory.
Thursday June 28, 2001
- Belgrade / Yugoslavia : The government is extraditing Slobodan Milošević , the former President of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia and former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to the International Criminal Court in The Hague .
- Bucharest / Romania : The country is given observer status in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development .
See also
- Nekrolog June 2001 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in June
- Category for memorial days, holidays or action days in June
Web links
Commons : June 2001 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ EU - Macedonia. In: wko.at . October 28, 2016, accessed on November 12, 2018 : "entered into force on June 1, 2001"
- ^ Biography of Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. In: britannica.com . Retrieved June 8, 2017 .
- ^ The 55th Annual Tony Awards. In: imdb.com . Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
- ^ Tropical Storm Allison. In: noaa.gov . November 28, 2001, accessed May 31, 2017 .
- ^ Unrest in Nepal after the coronation of the new king. In: schwaebische.de . July 4, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
- ^ Results & Constituencies. In: bbc.co.uk . 2001, accessed September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Is there still a reform process in Iran? In: bpb.de . February 24, 2004, accessed November 25, 2018 .
- ↑ 2000-01 NHL Playoff Results. In: hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Switzerland Cup 2000/01. In: rsssf.com . Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Elenco Edizioni. In: museociclismo.it, Museo del Ciclismo Associazione. Retrieved October 24, 2017 (Italian).
- ↑ Diepgen will wait until the weekend. In: n-tv.de . June 11, 2001, accessed September 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Statistics on the Kirchentag Frankfurt 2001. In: kirchentag.de . Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
- ↑ 2nd session. In: landtag-bw.de . June 13, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Malte Bergmann, Sebastian Lange (Ed.): Obstinate Geographies . VS Verlag , Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-17860-8 , pp. 91 .
- ↑ "The blackest day for Berlin". In: tagesspiegel.de . August 26, 2014, accessed September 9, 2017 .
- ^ The Bulgarian parliamentary elections on June 17, 2001: with the ex-Tsar out of the social and economic crisis? In: nbn-resolving.de . 2001, accessed September 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Total Solar Eclipse of 2001 Jun 21. In: nasa.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2017 .
- ↑ What is the Solidarity Pact? In: faz.net . June 23, 2001. Retrieved November 14, 2016 .
- ^ The winners of the German Film Prize 2001. In: faz.net . June 24, 2001. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
- ^ Kuvendi Popullor: Elections held in 2001. In: ipu.org . Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Destroying myths. In: ohr.int . December 21, 2001. Retrieved July 26, 2019 .